Serbia and Switzerland will continue their UEFA Nations League campaigns when they face off at the Dubocica Stadium in Leskovac on Saturday evening.
Both teams have made winless starts to Group A Pot 4 and are now playing catch-up in the race for the top spot against current leaders Denmark.
Latest Serbia vs Switzerland team information
Serbia will be without Sergej Milinkovic-Savic, Vanja Milinkovic-Savic, Andrija Zivkovic and Ivan Ilic due to injury, while Juventus striker Dusan Vlahovic has not been called up due to "family problems".
Predrag Rajkovic is expected to start in goal, with Strahinja Erakovic, Nikola Milenkovic and Strahinja Pavlovic taking the centre-back positions, while Kosta Nedeljkovic and Veljko Birmancevic will play at full-back.
Red Star Belgrade's 17-year-old Andrija Maksimovic is one of four midfielders yet to make an appearance in Stojkovic's squad, although he is unlikely to start ahead of Sasa Lukic or Marko Grujic. Aleksandar Mitrovic, Serbia's all-time leading scorer (58 goals), is expected to start up front.
For Switzerland, Ruben Vargas (ankle), Denis Zakaria and Becir Omeragic (both knee injuries) will not be available; the latter two withdrew from the squad on Monday and Omeragic has been replaced by Eray Comert.
Granit Xhaka and Nico Elvedi were both suspended for the previous game after being sent off in Switzerland's Nations League opener, but they are now available and are expected to start in midfield and defence respectively.
Zeki Amdouni scored against Spain in the previous game and could feature in attack alongside Breel Embolo and either Dan Ndoye or Kwadwo Duah.
Latest expected lineup Serbia vs Switzerland
Serbia:
Rajkovic; Erakovic, Milenkovic, Pavlovic; Nedeljkovic, Lukic, Grujic, Maksimovic, Birmancevic; Samardzic; Mitrovic
Switzerland:
Kobel; Elvedi, Akanji, Rodriguez; Widmer, Freuler, Xhaka, Aebischer; Ndoye, Amdouni; Embolo
Latest football commentary Serbia vs Switzerland
Over the past 16 months, Serbia have struggled to maintain a positive run of results, winning just four, drawing five and losing seven of their last 16 internationals in all competitions.
Under Dragan Stojkovic, the team failed to win in three games at Euro 2024 and finished bottom of their group, but they did take a point from a goalless draw with European champions Spain in their Nations League opener last month.
However, three days later, the Eagles failed to pick up any points as they fell 2-0 to Denmark, who are currently third in Group A Group 4, five points behind leaders Denmark.
Ranked 35th in the world by FIFA, Serbia have failed to score in three consecutive matches for the first time since 2012 and go into Saturday's clash determined to end a five-match winless streak.
However, there is reason for Serbia to be optimistic ahead of the clash with Switzerland, as they are unbeaten in their last seven home games, with five wins and two draws.
Although Serbia have progressed from Group C to Group A in the last three Nations Leagues, with a record of nine wins, seven draws and four losses, Switzerland have won seven, drawn four and lost seven of their 18 matches as a nation in Group A.
Under Murat Yakin, the team went on an eight-match unbeaten run in all competitions before losing on penalties to England in the Euro 2024 quarter-finals, and they have lost their opening two Nations League games against Denmark and Spain.
A 2-0 defeat to Denmark last month was followed three days later by a 4-1 home defeat to Spain, who won in Geneva despite playing with 10 men for more than an hour.
Currently ranked 15th in the world by FIFA, Switzerland are bottom of Group A Pot 4 without a point and cannot afford to drop any more points in their next two games against Serbia and Denmark this month if they are to remain in contention for top spot.
Switzerland have won just one of their last five internationals away from home, but they have beaten Serbia in both previous meetings, winning 2-1 in a World Cup qualifier in June 2018 before a dramatic 3-2 win in the 2022 World Cup group stage. Both nations have lacked cutting edge in the box in recent internationals, Serbia in particular, and a low-scoring affair is likely this weekend.
Switzerland have had the better of Serbia in their previous two meetings and we feel they can once again claim a close win to escape bottom spot.
Serbia vs Switzerland score prediction
Based on the above football comments, we and the world's leading football sites have given the following results for the Serbia vs Switzerland match:
- Sportsmole: Serbia 0-1 Switzerland
- WhoScore: Serbia 1-2 Switzerland
- Our prediction: Serbia 0-1 Switzerland
When and where to watch Serbia vs Switzerland live?
To watch live the match Serbia vs Switzerland in the Nations League taking place at 1:45 a.m. on October 13, viewers can watch on TV360 here, Mytv system here or on online sports channels. Wishing viewers happy moments of watching football.
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